The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-02-10
The senate bill authorizing Tho secret.,y

The senate bill authorizing tho secretary
OF war to adjust aud settle ths<account Tor
between the United States and Montana
Territory passed the house. ~ also did
the house bill authorizing tho secretary OF
war to credit the Territory Of Dakota with
S27, $50 Tor ordnance and ordinances stores
/ issued to that territory.
Paris dispatch to Pasther Lloyd says
that President Grevy and Premier Goblet
are making superhuman efforts to prevent
the outbreak OF war.
Rev. Mathew Harkins, Of St: James
church, Boston. was appointed bishop OF
Providence, r: l., by the pope.
The president has vetoed bill granting
pension to Mrs. Margaret Dunlap 0f
Missouri on the ground that tho death OF
the soldier for which the pension was CIV
en- was not caused in the line of duty, but
in a quarrel with a comrade
A gentleman with close relations to the
administration says that Hon: George II.
Pendleton was sent for, and that he does
not know for what purpose. This fast
strengthens the opinion in political circles
that Mr.. Pendleton will be rendered cab
met posi- ton.
In the senate Mr.. Spooner offered an
| amendment to the sundry civil bill appro-
priating $50, 900 for the public building at
La Crosse in addition to $1OO, 900 hereto.
| fore appropriated. 1t was agreed to.
A member OF the Dufferin Guards Eighty
eighth regi,nent), IL volunteer military
organization OF Canada, is now here, and
| said regarding the preparations being
made through Lower Canada in expecta-
ton OF war being declared: A few days
| ago every pensioner OF the imperial service
was ordered under arms to be ready to
move to the front at a moments notice.
| In lower Canada there are enough men TO
furnish Il standing army of five thousand
men ct an hours notice. Many Of the
| veterans are drilling. The excitement is
great, and through all OF the lower pen.
ins'lla the militia is getting in readiness
for active service.
+. J. Ford was placed on trial in New
| Orleans for killing Capt. kirkpatrick for
| alleged improper intimacy with Fortl's
wife. Ford pleaded guilty to avoid tho
revelation discreditable to his vile that
| would come out should he make q defense.
! Thomas Stevens, the young 'cyclist made
famous by his successful tour around the
world on his flvorito Columbia wheel. III.
rived in Minneapolis and was given ban.
quot. /;
A collision OF west bound freight in the
grade occurred at Eaco Utah. Lewis Be.
mis-. engineer OF the freight was killed. He
might have saved himself, bnt he stood by
his lever.
! Postmasters commissioned: Minnesotn:
lie Sueur, II. j. Dane; Partell C. Mills;
| Woodbury., II. Mamie. Wisconsin: Stur-
geon Bay G. w. Alien; Superior, J. A. Bar.
don.
! Secretary Bayard is said to have ordered
the British schooners seized in Alaska to
be given up.
| Rev. DR.. McC;lynn has commenced his re-
ply to Rome. He did this at the sugges.
ton OF Cardinal Gibbons. 1t seems to DO
understood that DR.. McGynn will not go
to Rome.
Peter Mack, Hugh Trainor and James
Smith DR., while walking on the Boston &.
Providence railroad track. at Hyde Par::,
Mass, were struck by II train and killed.
Charles Ray, desperate, shot and kill.
| ed Il. II. Johnson, postmaster at Cancan,
Tex, who had a warrant for Rays arrest.
Before dying johnson shot Ray in the face
with bird shot. Ray was caught and will
probably be lynched.
| James r. Cumming, Of the law firm OF
Nanderpool, Green & Cumming, Now York
referring to the marriage by proxy OF Spies
and Miss Van Zandt in Chicago said it was
nonsense. Others said that while q mar
riage Vas civil contract, it did not be-,
come OF effect until consun,matel and that
it was unlikely that the right to consum-
mate could be delegated to another.
Freight handling at New York is about
! at n standstil. The strikers are becoming
| violent.
1t looks very much as il the $1,000 re.
! ward offered for the man who tried to blow
up the steamer Guayandottc will never he
claimed. for although detectives are search
ing for him, the clues are slight that
they promise little hope Of his capture.
The department OF the interior has asked
congress for an appropriation OF $25. 600
Tor salaries, expenses. etc, OF special
! agents for locating Indians upon lands in
severalty under the act recently passed. in
which no appropriation WAS made for this
| purpose.
| The house committee on territories ia.
vorably considered the bill for the organi.
cation OF the Territory OF Alaska.
| Hugh Price OF Wisconsin. who was elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
his father in the present congress, took the
oath and assumed his seat. He was con-
| Quoted to the bar Of tho house by Congress-
man Guenther, who aftcrward intro
| duced HIM to his fellow members. He was
! assigned to the seat which his father occu-
pied.
The Iowa men in congress are determin-
ed to push the matter cf the forfeiture Of
! the lands along the lines of the Sioux City
i St. Paul and Chicago, Milwaukee T. St.
Paul railroads in Iowa us far as possible
this session, il they cannot pass the bill.
There is absolutely not particle OF
truth in the report that Miss Rose Eliza.
beth Cleveland is going to marry young
| Washington preacher.
President Cleveland is very fond OF stew
ed terrapins. and is ready to eat OF that
dish at any time.
The entire business portion of Minooka,
ILL.,, was burned. All the stores on the
stroyed. Loss, $50, 900; insurance, $1O,.
600.
The British forces captured the entire
camp OF the insurgent Boshevay, who
managed to escape. King Thebaw has is
! sued an address to the Burmese advising
them to submit to British rule.
A memorial from q committee OF the
Letter Carriers National association, en-
dorsed by the national legislative com.
mittee Of the Knights OF Labor, has been
presented to the house Of representatives.
1t requests the passage OF the senate bill
extending the provisions OF the eight.hour
law to letter carriers.
Fifty sporting men and athletes gathered
on Long island to witness a bare knuckle
fight to a finish between the heavy weights,
! Charles Doyle OF New York and Frank
Hayes OF Chicago. Doyle weighed PIG
pounds, Hayes 1876. Police Gazette rules
governed: three minutes, no fouling. The
fight and money were awarded to Doyle,
who was as sorry u looking sinner as ever
pocketed money.
The pension appropriation for the next
fiscal year is S75,OOO,OOO. The whole
Austrian military establishment costs
about $5l. 900, 900 IL year, and that OF
Germany S91, 100000. SO We spend on
pensions enough to maintain a first class
European standing army.
The senate finally inserted in the sundry